Absolute Beginners - Young Heroes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Absolute Beginners - Young Heroes |
| Original title | Absolute beginners |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Julien Temple |
| script |
Richard Burridge , Terry Johnson , Don MacPherson , Christopher Wicking |
| production |
Chris Brown , Stephen Woolley |
| music |
David Bowie , Gil Evans |
| camera | Oliver Stapleton |
| cut |
Richard Bedford , Michael Bradsell , Gerry Hambling , Russell Lloyd |
| occupation | |
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Absolute Beginners - Young Heroes (Original title: Absolute Beginners ) is a British musical film from 1986. The director led Julien Temple , the writer wrote Richard Burridge , Terry Johnson , Don MacPherson and Christopher Wicking based on the novel Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes from 1959. The main roles were played by Patsy Kensit and Eddie O'Connell .
action
Colin lives in the London borough of Notting Hill in 1958. He meets Suzette, who works as a photo model , and falls in love with her. Suzette marries Henley of Mayfair, who is much older than her and wealthy. She hopes Henley will advance her career.
Real estate entrepreneur and Henley's friend Vendice Partners want to redevelop Notting Hill. They hire a gang that provokes and attacks the black residents and thus stirs up racial unrest. Colin organizes resistance to these plans. The disappointed Suzette leaves her husband for Colin. The last scene shows Colin pulling the wedding ring from her finger and throwing it out the window.
Reviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote in the Chicago Reader that director Julien Temple wanted to film Colin MacInnes' novel and show London in the 1950s, which was only partially successful.
Ken Hanke wrote in Mountain Xpress that what the filmmakers intended was more interesting than what they would have achieved with the finished film.
The lexicon of international films wrote that "the love story against the background of the artistic craziness and racial unrest of the 50s" was "only the hook for a full-length video clip with sometimes inventive analogies to the film musical" . The "initially sweeping momentum" is "unfortunately soon lost in all too superficial socio-political references" . Nevertheless, the film was "an interesting staging experiment in its artificiality" .
backgrounds
The film was not very successful commercially, and the poor financial results led to the bankruptcy of the production company Goldcrest Films .